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i like la noire for a lot of reasons, which you may be able to tell by the fact that i’ve blogged about it a lot this month. i’m really missing mad men lately, and the fact that cole phelps is done by kenny cosgrove [or aaron stanton, if you want to be specific] was kind of the deciding factor for me to get the game. actually, it was a trailer in eb games, but i paid attention to it since it was a mad men fix. anyway, good old cole recruited some of his mad men buddies:

that’s who i found, but forbes tells me i missed a few: ned vaugn, kate connor, randolph adams, and kevin scott allen. they’re more bit players, but it’s nice to see the mad men family back, more or less.

if you haven’t picked it up, please go do so. it is an engaging game that forces you to think, to remember what’s been said previously, and to truly immerse yourself in the gameplay experience. rockstar is famous for innovation, and the character expressions are sometimes so lifelike, it’s like watching a film.

what i really like about rockstar though is that their games are always open world, but just different enough. this isn’t grand theft mad men. this is a dark, rich video game experience set against the environment of 1940s los angeles.

oh man. i have to stop buying up collector’s editions. i bought the god of war 3 one back in march, am going to be buying the fallout: new vegas collector’s edition in september. now, it looks like i will be buying the assassin’s creed: brotherhood collector’s edition too. now, be advised that i am talking about the canadian version.

according to eb games / gamestop / whatever the fuck it calls itself today, here’s what you get:

obsidian, likely sensing the feeding frenzy they have whipped everyone into lately, has announced a developer diary. well, not so much ‘announced’ as it was more ‘we just published it on our sites and people found it’. fallout: new vegas is going to be one of those things i lose hours of my life to, i know it. i had a similar feeling when a friend of mine organized an outing to see the first ‘sex and the city’ movie. not even full frontal male nudity held my attention after my ass literally went numb.

the latest fallout game though, is NOT going to be like that. feargus urquhart, president of obsidian entertainment, tells us this:

‘…we have a really great team working on Fallout: New Vegas, and what we really all realized from the very start of the project was that we had a tall order to live up to with what the internal team at Bethesda created with Fallout 3. So, we are going to take Fallout back across the United States to the west and bring some new ideas into the mix. But, what’s important is that whatever it is that we do create – it all remains distinctly Fallout.’

that’s the interesting bit. there’s more at the actual fallout: new vegas developer diary area. frankly, the second i get a chance i am running to an eb games and pre-ordering.

there has come a time in my life where i am asking myself some serious questions. i have looked back on my past and have been doing some soul-searching. should i? should i take the leap? shit, what if it’s not right? it’s a classic dilemma faced by everyone:

… do i buy the sequel to the last call of duty or not?

i impulse bought the last one, call of duty: modern warfare 2, as i have mentioned previously. it was great. we were young, and we were in love. it felt… right, you know? we started to drift apart. some nights, i wanted to go out. some nights, i wanted to entertain at home. but modern warfare 2 didn’t like that shit.

‘pleaaaaaase come play with me’, it would whine. ‘online is, like, so much fun’.

sometimes i would do just that. it’s hard to resist such a pretty face after a while. but then i maxed out on it. got my fill of it, if you will. it started wanting more from me, demanding time that wasn’t mine to give. eventually, we started arguing over money – like most couples.

modern warfare 2: ‘$15. more maps. how the hell is that not a good idea?’obnoxious gamer: ‘meh. didn’t i pay $70 already? i love you and all, but not sure i want to pay $90 for a ps3 game.’modern warfare 2: ‘oh, so now i’m not worth it?’obnoxious gamer: ‘sure you are. and i have it. i’m looking at the bigger picture here, uhm, you know, for us.’modern warfare 2: ‘more. maps. was i not clear?’obnoxious gamer: ‘yeah. you were. but i’m not gonna be paying for what essentially amounts to NO VALUE.’

and on and on it went. i don’t see much of it anymore. we share the same space still, and we have a history together. plus, we have a lot of friends in common. however, we’ve both pretty much moved on. it eventually started dating other people – and since i never stopped, it was business as usual. anyway, it’s added a new member to its family.

here is the birth announcement from eb games/gamestop/whateverthefuck it’s calling itself these days:

Prepare for the follow-up to the biggest entertainment launch in history: on November 9th Call of Duty: Black Ops will introduce you to the elite world of Black Ops. The award-winning developer Treyarch will take you behind enemy lines in an entirely new chapter in the groundbreaking and record-setting, No. 1 first-person action series of all-time. Call of Duty: Black Ops will have dedicated multiplayer, single-player and co-op.

$70 on november 9. and if that doesn’t move you, this is a ps3 exclusive.

well this list is almost sure to piss off someone, somewhere. anyway, here’s a list of games on ps3 i can’t live without.

fallout 3: so much love for fallout 3. it was one of the first games i played on the ps3, and playing it on xbox 360 kind of pushed me towards getting a ps3.

infamous: while i initially resisted it, it’s just too good. whether you are good or evil, cole mcgrath takes you on adventures you never dreamed about. i knew it was good when i fell off a building and felt those weird stomach nerve thingies.

eat lead: return of matt hazard: if you’re a hardcore gamer, you might hate it. it’s cheesy. it’s got will arnett. it’s ridiculous from start to finish. then again, if you have a sense of humour, you will love it.

assassin’s creed 2: this was the $40 game i was banging on about a while back. it’s beautiful, and even if you just can’t stop the fps love, this game is a must. it’s violent, but not to the point you look away. plus, you can platinum on it with just a wee bit of effort.

prototype: if you have infamous, this is kind of the same thing. this game is a lot darker and grittier than infamous though, and you can be a shapeshifter. there’s more climbing options here too.

rainbow six vegas 2: no trophies, but the multiplayer options are too much fun.

god of war 3: GET IT. that is all i will say.

god of war collection: you’ll need this at some point. trust me.

need for speed undercover: if you like racing games and destruction, you should own this.

uncharted: adventure. also, easy trophies.

uncharted 2: heart-stopping adventure, with amazing graphics. it twists, it turns, and in the end, there’s a happy ending. plus it has a buttload of awards, so you know a lot of planning went into it.

battlefield bad company: hilarious dialogue and engaging missions.

battlefield bad company 2: possibly better than the first one.

batman arkham asylum: this was another $40 game thing for me. some idiot at eb games put ‘$30 off’ in a flyer, rather than ‘30%’. walmart naturally matched the price. in a delicious twist of fate, eb games had to match it, since they’d lose their pre-orders. best buy tried to make these places corrected their prices, but the laughter drowned out those thoughts.

bioshock: creepy. but if you like an art deco creep show, this game is for you.

gta iv: this game was really all about the hype. it was good, but i played the first few missions and it didn’t do much for me. again though, it was good. i have intentions to pick it up one day, but there so many distractions in the game. do i help cousin roman out, or do i wait by an atm and beat the shit out of people for money? yeah. life’s tough.

winston churchill said it best: v is for victory. recently, i agreed with him, after snagging the elusive ‘assassin’s creed 2’ action figure.

i have been searching for this man for months, enlisting friends, strangers and family in a quest that seemed hopeless. games store clerks looked at me with pity, saying they’d been sold out for months. a few sadly expressed regret that they themselves had not scooped up the collector’s version. big box store clerks just eyed me nervously, the way you would eye a rabid wolf who suddenly just appeared at a family campsite. the conversations tended to go something like this:

churchill is stoked about assassin's creed 2 action figures

obnoxiousgamer: ‘i am looking for the assassin’s creed 2 collector’s edition. the big fancy one. with the action figure.’
clerk: ‘we, uhm, could check the computer?’
obnoxiousgamer: ‘ok!’
clerk taps away
clerk: ‘looks like we’re sold out…’
obnoxiousgamer: ‘shit!’
clerk: ‘we could call you if one comes in.’
obnoxiousgamer: ‘i’m having a lot of trouble finding one, so that’s such a huge if. why don’t you tell me when?’
more keystrokes
clerk: ‘…oh, miss, it looks like we won’t be getting any more of this product in.’
obnoxiousgamer:pouting and sad face, then brightens. ‘what about the back room?’
clerk #2 materializes, clearly a game nerd.
clerk #2: ‘you’re looking for ubisoft’s assassin’s creed 2 collector’s edition?’
obnoxiousgamer raises an eyebrow and nods.
clerk #2: ‘ha, good luck. they don’t make it anymore. it’s been sold out for months.’

and so on and so forth. it was, it seemed, that all hope was lost. then i found a treasure in a downtown hmv. it was an xbox 360 version, and the only left. so i grabbed it, and also the brief attention of a male clerk, who seemed stoked to discover someone with good taste.

i called eb games quickly. ‘what’s your trade-in value for assassin’s creed 2?!’. i quickly learned i’d get $40 bucks for it, and it seemed fair to me.

same deal at the cash register, where another male employee was openly thrilled at my purchase. we started talking about it, and i was simply giddy at the thought of having accomplished a life goal. out loud, i chortled happily: ‘i just want the action figure!’

he rang me through quietly. (whatever. jealously is sogauche.)

after that, i pranced over to eb games, and announced my intention to get rid of the game. the female clerk seemed puzzled, and then we had this gem of a convo.

clerk: ‘you can trade it in, but you need id.’
obnoxiousgamer: ‘no problem. actually, i just bought it and it’s still sealed. does that change things?’
confused stare from clerk
obnoxiousgamer: ‘sorry. i just bought it, but i don’t want the game.’
[now totally stunned]
clerk: ‘oh you can return it to hmv…?’
obnoxiousgamer: ‘no no, i want the action figure. and i guess the tin is now mine too. ok, i mainly wanted the action figure.’
clerk: ‘uhm, oh ok, well you get $40 for it, but the game is pretty good, you know. it’s one of our best sellers.’ gestures to shelves which actually do scream out ‘eb games best sellers!’
obnoxiousgamer: ‘oh i have it for ps3.’
clerk no longer hides the confusion
clerk: ‘so… you got it for the action figure… oh, oh wow, you must be a really hardcore fan.’

BITCH, I AM A VICTORIOUS FAN. [but i was polite and kept that to myself.] anyway. i felt compelled to share that with you all. you’re welcome.

today, i announce that i am fufilling a goal i have had in life, for sometime. i feel it is noble, although it’s not achieving world peace, nor is it finding the cure for cancer.

it’s playing god of war 3, bitch.

god of war - ultimate edition

in all honesty, i love my job, so i will be at work first thing in the morning. i really love what i do. pragmatically speaking, it’s always going to be a priority to put a roof over my head versus playing a video game. first thing after work though? i shall be heading to eb games to pick up the ultimate edition. i love this man, so i felt that spending 60 clams wasn’t enough. i opted for the total dork edition. but, here’s what i get for $100:

• god of war combat arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges
• premium kratos skin – dominus
• god of war: unearthing the legend franchise documentary – a full-length movie documentary depicting the history of the god of war franchise
• god of war trilogy soundtrack – god of war, II, and III scores from the game (mp3 digital download).
• god of war: blood and metal EP – a heavy metal homage featuring original music inspired by god of war (mp3 digital download).